Baby pants



y 5, 1932- M. c. REYNOLDS 1,865,541

BABY PANT S Filed Oct. 51, 1929 I 3 Mary CIOYPR Holds Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

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- diapers themselves, in which case the material would be moisture absorbent, and soft.

Among the objects of my invention are the production of an article of thls type Wh1Cl1 may be most simply cut out, with the greatest economy of material; which is form fitting, both over the hips and in the crotch, to avoid the bagginess so often found in such garments; which is automatically ad ustable m the waist and about the legs to large or small infants; which provides adequate ventilat on without danger of contact of outer clothing with wet diapers; which is of utmost convenience in changin the child; and which is easy to launder or 0 can,

My invention comprises the novel art cle of manufacture shown in the accom anymg drawings in a preferred form, an as described in this specification and defined by the claims terminating the same.

Figure 1 is a view of the completed garment, laid fiat.

Figure 2 is aside front view of the garment, displayed upon an infant.

Figure 3 is a front view, and Figure 4 a back view of the garment alone.

It greatly conduces to ease in cutting, and I have discovered that it renders the garment more form-fitting in the crotch and around the hips, toform it from! blank having two convergin substantiall straight edges 1 and 11, Willi constitute e side edges of the garment. The f the front, at 2, and the top edge 0 e ck, at 3, may be parallel in the blank, so that the blank is simply cut from the piece (the edges of which usually coincide with the edges 2 and 3) by two straight, slightly diagonal cuts across. Naturally, the several edges 1, 11, 2, and 3,

will be seamed, bound, or otherwise reinforced as may be necessary or desirable.

Thus cut out, the back edge 3 is longer than the front edge 2, the latter being about of a length to reach from the middle of one side, above the hip, to a corresponding point at the other side of the wearer. To avoid overlapping of the back, when the garment is folded upon itself in position of use, and to provide fullness over the hips in the rear, the back' edge 3 is gathered, and I prefer that an elastic be used, whereby the garment will automatically adjust itself to the wearer. Such an elastic is shown at 30, incor rated in the seam at the edge 3, and pre erably extending entirely across this back top I prefer that the front be substantially nonelastic.

Cooperating fastening means, typified by the rubber buttons 31 and buttonholes 21, are provided at the ends of the respective top edges 3 and 2, whereb the garment ma be folded through the in ants crotch and old about his waist, leaving a straight fold at 4 and side openinlgs through which the infants legs project. he leg openings 12 are most directl defined by securing means, such as the rib ns 5, secured to the front and back portions of theside edges 1 and 11 somewhat above the fold 4. This permits of adjustment-to fit the garment to infants whose legs may be more orbiess alluliby, and closes the 31' e openings a ve e eg openmgs' 12 to protect the clothing. These side 0 gs may be further closed, if desired, y such means as the rubber buttons 32 and buttonholes 22, located between the ribbons 5 and the buttons 31 and buttonholes 21, yet because the front and rear portions of the side edges are merely brought together, and because of the infants natural movements, there will always he aniple gaps for ventilation, as may be seen 111 re 2. v The folded portion at 4, instead of down in the manner customarily associa with baby pants, will gather and extend up into the crotch, thus making the child more: comfortable, and his appearance more sight-1 1y. This is dueto a vanety of reasons. projection of the legs through side 0 Wlll, when the legs are close to ther, provi a certain fullness in the crotc but use the side edges 1 and .11 are held together about the childs legs by the buttons 32, this up across the buttocks.

fullnem will be drawn back and will be taken gimilarly, fullness will be provided over the top of the buttocks ll? the gathering of the top rear edge 3.

ullness is avoided in the front by the lesser length of the ta ed edge 2, and by the absence. of gatherin t ere. This leaves the front smooth, an throws the fullness to the back,

where it is' needed, and further assists in drawing the fullness of the fold 4 up into position in the crotch, as shown in Figure 2.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Baby pants comprising a sheet having two arallel ed es and, two substantially strai t oonvergmg edges, and means for securing together opposite ends of each of said convergin edges to define leg openings, the longer of t e parallel edges being gathered to provide fullness over the back of the hips, the shorter of the parallel edges being I folded up in front to the waist and means for securin together the converging side edges, above e old and below the top ed e, to define leg openings and to draw the Eu lness through the brotch and across the buttocks. 2. aby pants comprising a sheet having two parallel edges and two substantially straig t converging edges, and means for securing together opposite ends of each of said converging edges to define le openings, the shorter of the parallel edges mg nonelastic and of a length to extend from about the middle of the wearers side, at the waist, to a correspondin point at the ogposite side, and the longer 0? the parallel e having es an elastic band gathering it to sustantially the same length, and means for fastening tother the tops of both side edges, when dried.

3. Baby pants comprising a sheet having two plprallel edges and two substantially straig t converging edges, and means for securing together opposlte ends @2 5 each of said converging edges to define leg openings,

the front top edge being of a length to ex tend substantially from the middle of one side of the wearer s waist to the middle of the other side, and the rear to edge, when ex tended, extending beyond t e front top edge at each side, and having a gathering elastro incorporated in it to reduce it to substantially the same length as the front top edge, and cooperaiting fastening means at the ends of each to e ge.

I igned at Seattle, Washington this 25th day of October 1929.,

MAIlY oman REYsoLns 

